Sonnet of Deepening Dusk (re-vamped re-post)

 

 

See how the wave of twilight converges

Over pine spire to shorelines at the sky

...how its motionless euphony surges

Earth-scented eighth-notes and willow-limb sigh

Far in the marsh the spring-peeper heralds

In vestal innocence, its wee acclaim

Beyond the hills a backdrop of coral

Deepens to ruby in ethereal flame

I taste the song of farewell in my mouth

Sassy noon zephyrs repose to the south

Stillness in choirs of heavenly tenure

Dissolves life’s temporal struggle and hurt

A melody of longing and languor

Wakens the diamond asleep in the dirt

River of moments and memories merge

With the spectator perched on midnight's brim

No word or syllable scuffs the heaven's splurge

As earth’s Creator conducts twilight’s hymn

Shimmer and shadow of moon-haloed tones

Brushes the meadow and cool cobblestones

See how the rise and fall of eve’s ocean

Clutches the heart in the swell of its cape

Feel how the tide of it tugs emotion

Aching in hollows of thought without shape

Loss and fulfillment, failure, forgiveness

End and beginning, future and past

Hurting and healing and hope coalesce

Under the banner of twilight’s broad mast

The Maestro directs the subtle release

Of night as it falls in an anthem of peace

© Janet Martin